370ss and 400ss 525
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Nothing wrong with 496 motors, but for the intended purpose I would do diesel before 496’s? Same cruise speed and similar top end at half the fuel burn. My understanding is the Vp 8.1 parts cost more? There’s a cool 370 with 900’s and imcos on the west side. Lol. But I will keep you in mind as I search. Good luck
(It's older, but have you seen the updated 2001 400SS with blower motors and surface drives?)
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I have a 330 & im thinking about moving to a 400. I would only do the Volvo diesels. Sure the 525's sound cool and push the boat a little faster but 1.75 miles per gallon at cruise sounds a lot better to me... I'm told the Volvo drives are bulletproof and if maintained properly will run 3000+ hours. I heard the top ends of the 525's need to be done every 300 hours. If that's even close to true then it's a no brainer for me. Resale should better on a diesel too. Good luck there are a lot of 496 & 525 boats out there.
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We ran from Detroit to the keys. Most of the trip was slow....Erie canal, Inter coastal ect. The sections that we could run up 30-35 mph was perfect. Still moving along but could still see stuff. I made 2.3 Mpg on 30 mph. My boat is 350 D-6 volvos. Ran hard in the Chesapeake running with some go-fasts after a night at Chesapeake Inn. Ran up to 50 pinned. really did not matter 30 is better. I'm thinking repowering to 400's.........Sheeze not another project... BTW Fossil fuel 382 700 boat is again for sale in Michigan. Really great boat and priced right. I don't know why it was sold twice?
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We ran from Detroit to the keys. Most of the trip was slow....Erie canal, Inter coastal ect. The sections that we could run up 30-35 mph was perfect. Still moving along but could still see stuff. I made 2.3 Mpg on 30 mph. My boat is 350 D-6 volvos. Ran hard in the Chesapeake running with some go-fasts after a night at Chesapeake Inn. Ran up to 50 pinned. really did not matter 30 is better. I'm thinking repowering to 400's.........Sheeze not another project... BTW Fossil fuel 382 700 boat is again for sale in Michigan. Really great boat and priced right. I don't know why it was sold twice?
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I actually called ck during the summer to inquire, said it wasn't for sale. The 400 in Cali is cool, don't know how I feel about those drives hanging that far back. We do a lot of rafting off with the kids as well as grown one's and I could imagine the gash those props could give! As to the 400-370 debate I think it's pretty clear considering there's not a huge cost difference in used market